How Google Invented ChatGPT — Then Let OpenAI Build It | THE THINKING MACHINE Pt 4

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In 2017, eight Google engineers published an eight-page paper called "Attention Is All You Need." It introduced the Transformer — the architecture behind every modern chatbot. The "T" in ChatGPT literally stands for Transformer. Google had the blueprint, the talent, and even a finished chatbot of its own years before ChatGPT — and refused to ship it, because a machine that answers you directly threatens its search-ad business. So all eight authors left to build elsewhere, and a young rival with nothing to lose, OpenAI, picked up the paper Google had published for free. The classic innovator's dilemma, in one company. Follow for Part 5 — CODE RED. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and figures are verified. #AI #ChatGPT #Google #OpenAI #Transformer #artificialintelligence #tech #documentary